Improvement in skates and fastenings



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES V. RAMSDELL, v0F BANGOR, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES AND FASTENINGS.'

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. RAMsDELL, of Bangor, Penobscot county, inthe State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Mode of RiggingSkates aud Fastening them to the Boot or Shoe; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact descrip tion thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in rigging and fastening the skatesto the boot or shoe without the use ot' straps and buckles, or any ofthe ordinary fixings hitherto in use, by means of metallic toe and heelpieces and the rod, screws, plates, and projections hereinafterdescribed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my wooden sole and steel` or iron runner of the skate in anyof the known forms, and I make and fix thereto my improved rigging andfastening, as follows: I make and iX a convexl metallic toe-piece,moving longitudinally in a stationary plate, in which the toe of theboot or shoe is held fast by the rod D and the reacting screws E E,hereinafter described. This toepiece is marked A in the accompanyingdrawings. I make. and x thereto a metallic heel-piece, (marked B,)moving in the same manner. I make an inclined screw, (marked 0,)attached to the heel-piece to fasten the skate to the heel of the bootor shoe by pressing the heel downward and forward, and the toe into thetoe-piece, thus fastening the toe and heel at the same time. I make arod (marked D) runnin glon gitudinally through the Wood, with reactingscrews at each end, (marked E E,) by means of which the metallic toe andheel pieces can be moved farther apart or brought nearer together, asthe size of the boot or shoe mayrequire. I make projections (marked E F)from the toe and heel pieces, passing through the stationary plates andmoved by the rod and reacting screws. I make a plate (marked G) on theend of the heel of the skate, by means of which the rod and reactingscrews are kept fast in their places. These may be kept fast in likemanner at the toe of the skate or in the middle ofthe Wood.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the devices A, B, D, E, F, and G, as arranged, withthe wooden sole of the skate, as herein described, and for the pur posesset forth.

CHARLES V. RAMSDELL.

Witnesses A. SANBoRN, I E. LErGH'roN.

